Automobile-puller.



AUTOMOBILE FULLER.

APPLIGATION FILED SH12?, 1912.

1 ,O9 1 ,3 1 8. Patented Mar.- 2 4, 1914.

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AUTOMOBILE-FULLER.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed September 27, 1912.' Serial No; 722,726.V

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES J. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,residingV at Townsend, in the county of Broadwater and State of Montana,have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile-Fullers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile pull'- ers, the object in viewbeing to provide a simple, strong and reliable, portable pulling devicefor removing automobiles from ditches, or muddy places in which they maybecome embedded, the device as a whole being sectional and of knock-downconstruction, so that the parts thereof may be compactly stored in andcarried by the machine, in connection with which the same is to be usedin an emergency.

ith the above and other objects in view. the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.. and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended. t

In the drawings: Figure l is a side elevation, showing the manner ofutilizing the puller. Fig. 2 is a plan view on an enlarged scaleomitting the spikes. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, partly in section,showing the brace joint. Fig. 4 is a detail perspec* tive view of one ofthe side members. Fig. 5 is a reverse perspective view of one of thebraces. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the hand lever and itsextension. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the spikes.

The puller contemplated in this invention comprises the two mainlongitudinal bed pieces 1, each comprising a bottom 2, and an upstandingbearing flange 3 extending longitudinally thereof and provided with ahole 4 for the reception of the shaft of the winding drum, hereinafterreferred to. Each of the bed pieces is also provided at its oppositeends with a tubular portion or extension 5 provided in the top andbottom thereof with slot-s 6 for the reception of anchoring spikes, eachof said slots being provided with a central offset 7 adapted to receivea corresponding ange on the spike. It will also be noted that the upperslots are offset out of vertical alinement with the lower slots, so thatwhen the spikes are driven into the ground, said spikes will stand at anangle, thereby obtaining a better hold upon the ground. Each of thevvided with the end spikes comprises a flat or broad main body 8,: andis provided along the back thereof with a longitudinally extendingreinforcing rib 9, the slots in the bed pieces being correspondinglyshaped to receive the spikes. as hereinabove described. l The two bedpieces which stand in a substantially parallel relation to each otherwhen set up are connected at'or near their; opposite ends by crossvbraces 10, cach of which is formed of sheet metal bent to form thelongitudinal flanges 1l, and end lianges l2, which are provided withnotches 13 adapted to fit detachably over headed studs 14 at the innersides of the tubular extensions of the side bed pieces. This enables thebed pieces to be firmly connected together and braced, and at the sametime the form of connection described enables the bed pie-ces and thebraces to be detached or separated, in order to compactly store the samein the automobile.

15 designates a winding drum, upon which a cable 16 is wound, said drumbeing proguard flanges 17. The shaft 18 of the drum is journaled at itsopeov posite ends in the bearing flanges of the bed pieces, and adjacentto one end the drum 1s provided with ratchet teeth 18 adapted to beengaged by a pawl 19, pivotally connected, at 20, to a hand lever 21having at one end of a hole 22, adapting it to lit over one end of theshaft of the drum, so that it may be subsequent-ly removed therefrom.for compact storage. The lever is substanl tially V-shaped in crosssection adjacent to its outer end, and is provided with headed. studs 22extending upward from the opposite sides thereof and adapted to beengaged by notches 23 in the inner end of a corren spondingly shapedextension lever 24. The connection between the two lever sectionsenables them to be separated, so that they may both be readily storedunder the seat of an automobile.

25 designates a detent pivotally mounted on'one of the bed pieces andadapted to engage the ratchet teeth on the drum, so as to prevent thebackward movement of said drum, during the operation Vo-f the device.

It will be understood that the pulling device as a whole isof sectionalconstruction, and made up of a number of parts, all of which may be'readily detached from each other for storage and transportation. Thedevice as a whole may be readily carried in the automobile and may bequickly set up when needed, suiicient power being obtained therefrom todraw any ordinary automobile or truck out of a mud hole, ditch, o-r thelike. By arranging the slots in the upper and lower portions of thetubular eX- tensions out of vertical alinement with each other, thespikes are held suiiiciently away from the vertical to obtain a thoroughY and efficient anchorage and hold in the tudinal bed pieces eachembodying a base Wall and parallel upstanding flanges along the edges ofsaid base wall, a hollow upstanding head at each end of said bed piecehaving spike receiving holes in the top and bottom wall thereof whichholes are out of vertical alinement with each other, centrallongitudinal upstanding bearing webs on said bed pieces parallel to andinterposed between said ianges, cross braces having a vdetachableconnection at their extremities with the bed pieces, a winding drumjournaled in said bearing webs and detachable therefrom, and detachableratchet lever mechanism for operating said drum.

In testimony whereof affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES J. FISHER. Witnesses CHAS. ENZEL, J. V. KELLY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

